What are some of the craziest censorship instances on TV shows you have seen?

2 years ago by N00b22 to c/asklemmy

I do mean stuff like removed scenes from international airings, replacing objects like cigarettes or vine with any other objects.

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superkret 79 points 2 years ago

The version of From Dusk Till Dawn that aired on German TV with age 16+ rating was half an hour shorter and was cut so badly, it hardly even made sense anymore.
It's basically just a couple of dude(tte)s going to a gas station, then walking into a bar and starting to shoot at nothing for no reason.

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rabber 12 points 2 years ago

I could look this up but what is with germany and blood censorship?

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Asetru 51 points 2 years ago

It's just different values. I could ask the same about the US and nudity. In German media, blood and violence is fine, but it's considered a topic that you need to be able to handle, so you need to have a certain age, depending on how gruesome that is.

Tbh, I'm European and therefore biased, but the way the united states have no problem with people harming other in media but being offended by something like "bodies" or "sex" does seem a little weird. Like, if my kids normalised harming others I'd be much more concerned than if they normalised making love.

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LazyGit 16 points 2 years ago

Little story to that point: In 2000 I flew NWA from Europe to the states. That time they still showed the movie on a big screen in the front of the cabin. The movie that day was Gladiator.

The airline did not censor gore and violence even though children were also flying.

But of course there was no nudity to speak of in that movie at all.

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phdepressed 13 points 2 years ago

There is nudity in the original, when emperor rapes his sister(?) and I believe there's other scenes as well. They usually showed the made for TV edit so that's probably why you didn't see.

Their solution for kids was to not give us headphones lol.

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